Language Check Point

Language Check Point

Don't say: Did you come in train?

Say: Did you come by train?

Note: Always use the preposition by to indicate travel by a vehicle.

Don't say: I came to office by walk.

Say: I came to office on foot.

Note: We can say 'by car"by bus'. But we cannot say 'by walk' as walk is not a means of transport used to travel. We walk on our feet.

Don't say: The ship has a team of twenty five sailors.

Say: The ship has a crew of twenty five sailors.

Note: The group of people who work in a ship is called 'crew'.